John William Worrell

1894 - 1974  (80 years)

• Name	John William Worrell
  Birth	28 Jun 1894	Camp Creek, Mercer Co., WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Sep 1974	Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [3, 4]
  Burial	16 Sep 1974	Cooper Cemetery, Camp Creek, Mercer Co., WV   [4]
  Person ID	I26313	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	James B. Worrell,   b. Aug 1852, Carroll Co., VA d. 1927, Mercer Co., WV (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary L. Kester,   b. Apr 1863, Carroll Co., VA d. 1924, Mercer Co., WV (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1881	Mercer Co., WV   [5]
  Family ID	F10073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virgie Cooper,   b. 1901, WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Annie Sylvia Worrell   2. Maynar Worrell   3. Ora Worrell   4. James Worrell   5. Curtis Worrell
  Family ID	F10170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Post-Herald and Register, 15 September 1974 John W. Worrell, 80, Crab Orchard, died Saturday at 2 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a retired miner and a World War I Army veteran. Worrell was a Primitive Baptist. Born June 28, 1894 in Camp Creek, he was a son of the late James B. and Mary Kester Worrell. Worrell had lived in Raleigh County for 52 years. Survivors include his wife, Vergie Cooper Worrell; a daughter, Mrs. Annie Sylvia Pack, Crab Orchard; four sons, Maynar, Crab Orchard, Ora and James, both of Sophia, and Curtis, Beckley; a brother, Raymond, Pipestem;and three sisters, Mrs. Thelma Worley, Mullens, Mrs. Orma Wissinger, Beckley, and Mrs. Winnie Rose, address unknown. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Charlie Cox, Elder Kenna Lilly and Elder Darrell Hatcher officiating. Burial will be in the Cooper Cemetery, Camp Creek. Friends may call at the Calfee Funeral Home today from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. The body will be taken to the church an hour prior to services. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S328] Federal Census Record: Mercer Co., WV 1900. [S1076] National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, DC, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.). [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S865] Obituary: The Beckley Post-Herald and Register. [S743] Mercer County, WV Marriages Book I (1854-1901).